North Melbourne has regained captain Andrew Swallow and fellow hard nut Ben Cunnington for Thursday night’s blockbuster against Adelaide.
Swallow missed North’s loss to Hawthorn due to concussion while Cunnington has overcome a quad injury.
But the Kangaroos have lost star onballer Daniel Wells and defender Luke McDonald to injury, while key forward Jarrad Waite will spend another week on the sidelines.
Wells and Waite both failed a fitness test ahead of the clash at Adelaide Oval. South Australian Wells sustained an ankle injury in last Friday night's loss to the Hawks, but has been withdrawn from this week's side due to a calf complaint. Waite aggravated a hip injury the previous week against Geelong.
McDonald's season in doubt after he underwent hamstring surgery on Wednesday morning.
Lachie Hansen, Ryan Clarke and Robin Nahas, who was upgraded to the club’s senior list on Wednesday, are the emergencies.
North Melbourne’s Team is:
B: Scott D. Thompson, Michael Firrito, Brad McKenzie
HB: Shaun Atley, Robbie Tarrant, Sam Gibson
C: Farren Ray, Andrew Swallow, Jamie Macmillan
HF: Nick Dal Santo, Ben Brown, Brent Harvey
F: Lindsay Thomas, Drew Petrie, Mason Wood
FOL: Todd Goldstein, Ben Cunnington, Jack Ziebell
INT: Trent Dumont, Aaron Mullett, Corey Wagner, Majak Daw
EMG: Lachlan Hansen, Ryan Clarke, Robin Nahas
IN: Andrew Swallow, Ben Cunnington
OUT: Daniel Wells (Calf), Luke McDonald (Hamstring)
